VIREO. 475 
Young: Above plain olive-gray, becoming more oliva- 
ceous posteriorly; middle and greater wing-coverts 
broadly tipped with pale buff, tertials broadly edged 
with yellowish white, secondaries narrowly edged with 
olive-yellowish, and primaries with pale grayish or 
grayish white; lower parts white, passing into very 
pale buffy yellow on flanks and under tail-coverts; 
head-markings as in adult, but supraloral streak white, 
passing into pale yellowish over eye, and lores dull 
grayish.) 
g. Smaller and brighter colored, the supraloral streak, 
etc., deeper yellow, the sides and flanks bright 
sulphur-yellow ; length 4.50-5.00, wing 2.35-2.50, 
tail 1.90-2.10, culmen (from base) .55—.58, bill from 
nostril .27-.30, tarsus .72-.78. Nest in bushes, in 
thickets or along borders of woods or swamps. 
Figgs .15 x 55. Hab. Eastern United States, 
west to Rocky Mountains;- south, in winter, 
through eastern Mexico to Guatemala; resident 
in Bermudas.. 631. V. noveboracensis (GmzL.). 
White-eyed Vireo. 
g. Larger and duller colored, the yellow everywhere 
paler, that on sides and flanks sometimes a 
mere tinge of pale sulphur-yellow; length about 
5.00, wing 2.35-2.50, tail 2.10-2.20, culmen (from 
base) .60-.65, bill from nostril .32-.35, tarsus 
78-82. Hab. Key West, Florida. 
63la. V. noveboracensis maynardi Brewst. 
Key West Vireo. 
é. Wings dull dusky grayish, the middle and greater coverts 
narrowly and not very sharply tipped with dull white. 
Top of head and hind-neck dull brownish gray, gradually 
changing to grayish olive-green on back, scapulars, 
rump, and upper tail-coverts; a rather indistinct loral 
streak and interrupted orbital ring, dull white; cheeks 
and ear-coverts light brownish gray, fading gradually 
into dull white or buffy white of throat ; median lower 
parts white, the breast usually faintly tinged with 
sulphur-yellow; sides and flanks sulphur-yellow, 
tinged with olive; under tail-coverts and under wing- 
coverts clear pale sulphur-yellow; length 4.20-5.25, 
wing 2.05-2.30 (2.18), tail 1.80-1.95 (1.88), bill from 
nostril .28-.30 (.29), tarsus .70-.75 (.72). Nest in 
1 Vireo noveboracensis maynard: Brewst., MS. 
